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In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem emerges as the leader of South Vietnam with the support and acknowledgement of the United States. Ho Chi Minh rises as the leader of a communist North Vietnam.
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The first American soldiers to be killed in Vietnam. North Vietnam guerrillas raid their living quarters near Saigon
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President John F. Kennedy officially sends troops to Vietnam in aid of South Vietnam.
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The deadly chemical, Agent Orange, is first used. Agent Orange was used to kill vegetation that would be used as cover or food for the North Vietnam guerrillas.
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On this day, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx(http://www.timetoast.com)
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On this date, General Nguen Van Thieu became president of South Vietnam.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson sends an additional 50,000 troops to Vietnam, increasing the draft the 35,000 a month.
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In Operation Starlite, an estimated 5,500 US Marines advance against the First Viet Cong Regiment in the first major ground offensive by U.S. forces in Vietnam. Although this attack would affect the Viet Cong, they quickly recovered.
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American aircrafts hit targets in Hanoi and Haiphong, which were major cities in North Vietnam
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Large scale Vietnam War protests occur in Washington, D.C., New York City and San Francisco.
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Nguyen Van Thieu wins the presidential election of South Vietnam under a new government.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson halts bombings in North Vietnam and announces he will not run for president again.
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Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon wins the US presidential elections on the promise of ending the draft and restoring peace to the United States.
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Gerald R. Ford becomes president after Nixon retires due to the Watergate Scandal. President Ford rules out any further U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
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This day was the start of the week where the highest number of US soldier deaths were recorded during the war, with 543 American deaths